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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter provides the explanation of A Research Method, B Research Participants, C Research Setting, D Instrument and Data Gathering
Techniques, E Data Analysis Techniques and F Research Procedures.
A. Research Method
This research used the qualitative approach. Ary, Jacobs, Sorensen, and Razavieh 2002 state that qualitative inquires seek to interpret human actions,
institutions, events, customs, and the like, and in so doing construct a “reading”,
or portrayal, of what is being studied p. 423. One of the functions of qualitative inquiry is used to figure out perception. In order to gather the data, the researcher
interviewed four Senior High School English teachers to get their perception on the Curriculum 2013 implementation and assessment.
This research is descriptive qualitative research, since the researcher provides the result and findings in a descriptive form. Sugiyono in Ufie 2013
states that, “Penelitian deskriptif kualitatif adalah metode penelitian yang berlandaskan pada filsafat postpositivisme yang biasanya digunakan untuk
meneliti pada kondisi objektif yang alamiah di mana peneliti berperan sebagai instrumen kunci
. ”
Emerson, Fretz, and Shaw in Sandelowski 2000 argue that descriptions always depend on the perceptions, inclinations, sensitivities, and
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selected event in what they will describe, and in the process of featuring certain aspects of it, begin to transform that experience or event.
It is obvious from the statement that phenomena is central to qualitative research, in which the scientific approach and method are conducted to prove the
preliminary assumptions towards the phenomena. In order to make the assumptions and interpretation becomes reliable and scientifically approved,
qualitative researchers need to refer to prior works and theories. One of the benefits of conducting a qualitative research, according to Yin 2009, is that it
gives to the researchers a more comprehensive understanding toward complex social phenomena without tendency of impoverish the rich information or data
into numbers.
B. Research Participants
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